THE REAL PROBLEM ISN'T THAT YOU NEED TO GET STRICTER
You Don't Need Another Behavior Management Program.
Strong classrooms aren't built by getting better and better at reacting to behavior.
They're built by intentionally creating the conditions that make positive behavior more likely—clear expectations, strong relationships, practiced routines, purposeful teacher language, meaningful participation, and real student ownership.
A BETTER QUESTION
Instead of asking, “How do I manage this class?” ask:
“How do I intentionally build the classroom I actually want to teach in?”
THE TEN BELIEF
Culture first. Behavior second.™
Build it first. Manage it second.™
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING TOWARD
Imagine Walking Into a Classroom Where…
You're not the only person making the classroom work. Students know how to participate, contribute, meet expectations, and increasingly take ownership.
✓
More Students Participate
Talk, thinking, collaboration, and contribution aren't left to the same few students every time.
✓
Routines Build Independence
Students know how common parts of the day work because routines have been explicitly taught, practiced, and strengthened.
✓
Expectations Mean Something
Students help build them, practice what they look and sound like, reflect on them, and grow toward meeting the standard.
✓
Students Take More Ownership
They make decisions, solve more problems, reflect, contribute, and take greater responsibility for their learning and classroom.
✓
Students Feel Like They Belong
They feel known, valued, connected, and like they are an important part of the classroom community.
✓
You Get More Time to Teach
Less of your energy goes to repeating, reminding, correcting, and managing every little detail.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT
It Happens One Intentional Decision at a Time.
That's the work inside Teach Like a Top TEN™—building the foundation, strengthening what needs attention, and getting support as your classroom grows and changes.
THE TEN FOUNDATION™
Strong Classrooms Are Built on Three Things.
Everything inside Teachers Empowerment Network comes back to the same foundation: High Expectations, Relationships, and Student Voice.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS
Build the Standard With Students.
Students experience opportunities to build expectations with you, practice what those expectations look and sound like, reflect on how they're doing, and grow toward meeting the standard.
RELATIONSHIPS
Build Belonging on Purpose.
Students experience a classroom where they feel known, valued, connected, and like they are an important part of the community.
STUDENT VOICE
Give Students a Real Role.
Students experience meaningful opportunities to participate, contribute, make decisions, reflect, and increasingly take ownership of their learning and their classroom.
BUILD FROM THE FOUNDATION ALL YEAR
That's What We Do Inside Teach Like a Top TEN™.
Start with a strong classroom-building foundation, focus on what matters most right now, and get live training, coaching, and support as your classroom changes throughout the year.
EXPLORE TEACH LIKE A TOP TEN™ →INSIDE TEACH LIKE A TOP TEN™
You Don't Need More to Keep Up With.
You need a strong foundation, a focus for right now, and support when real classroom life gets messy.
START WITH THE FOUNDATION
21-Day Build Your Classroom™ Challenge
Build from High Expectations, Relationships, and Student Voice as you strengthen how your classroom works.
ONE TIMELY FOCUS
Work on What Matters Now.
Each month focuses on an area that makes sense for that point in the school year—not everything at once.
LIVE TRAINING + APPLICATION
Build It Together™
Learn something useful, then build something you can take back and try with your students.
LIVE Q&A + COACHING
When It Gets Messy™
Bring the question, challenge, or stuck point you're dealing with and get help figuring out your next move.
BETWEEN LIVE SESSIONS
Community Support
Ask questions, share wins, tell us what you tried, and get support as you put the work into practice.
THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR
Build → Strengthen → Adjust → Grow
Your classroom changes throughout the year. The foundation stays stable while the work changes with you.
SIMPLE ON PURPOSE
Build what matters. Strengthen what isn't working. Get help when it gets messy.
No giant pile of teacher resources. No trying to catch up. Start where you are and build what your classroom needs next.
SEE THE MEMBERSHIP →MEET YOUR GUIDE
I’m Sarah—and I Spent 25 Years Learning What Actually Makes a Classroom Work.
For a long time, I thought becoming a stronger teacher meant getting better at classroom management.
I looked for better consequences, stronger behavior strategies, and new ways to get students to listen, follow directions, and stay on task.
What changed my teaching was realizing that the most powerful work happens before behavior becomes the problem: building expectations with students, explicitly teaching routines, creating strong relationships, increasing participation, and giving students meaningful opportunities to contribute and take ownership.
That experience became the foundation of Teachers Empowerment Network—and everything I teach inside Teach Like a Top TEN™.
25
Years in Education
K–12
Classroom Application
3
TEN Foundation™ Pillars
“The teacher is still the leader. But the teacher doesn’t have to be the only person making the classroom work.”
— Sarah Legault, Founder of Teachers Empowerment Network
START WHERE YOU ARE
Build the classroom you actually WANT to teach in.
Start with a strong foundation, focus on what your classroom needs now, and get live training, coaching, and support as you build, strengthen, adjust, and grow.
Less managing. More teaching.
Immediate Access • Start Anytime • Monthly or Annual Membership
Culture first. Behavior second.™
Build it first. Manage it second.™
